Tesla erased its Trump bump
After Donald Trump won the presidential election, it seemed Tesla’s stock was tied to a SpaceX rocket.
Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk had hitched his company’s fortunes to the candidate and the bet seemed to pay off, with Tesla’s stock at one point jumping up more than 90% above where it was on Election Day.
The honeymoon, it appears, is over. On Election Day, the stock closed at $251.44. Today, the stock briefly dipped below that level. (It was recently trading at $253.61.)
Stocks and market indexes have dropped following Trump’s institution of 25% tariffs on goods from Canada and Mexico — bad news for the carmaker, which manufactures parts for its cars in Canada and Mexico. A slowdown in momentum stocks has also hurt Tesla stock.
Tesla isn’t alone: it joins the rest of the Magnificent 7, which are also down since Election Day.